Voices are everywhere, and theyre screaming at us: use me, buy me, believe me. Weve got voices all over our culture: chat rooms, commercials, billboards, and bumper stickers, and they all want our immediate attention.
And then there is that voice from the past or that voice in your head that says you messed up too many times. You cant do it. You cant do it on your own. Y oure not smart enough. Youre not strong enough. Youre not stable enough. Y oure not thin enough. And then theres the enemy. The father of lies that lik es to get in there and say no way youll ever make anything of yourself.
I had this amazing conversation with my dad not too long ago. Hes a great man. I love him so much. And he told me about the first time that his father said something encouraging to him. My dad had just put a room onto his house. And m y grandfather was a master carpenter and he was inspecting my dads work. And h e got done and went to my dad, and said, Thats a good job Harry. And that wa s the first time my grandfather said something encouraging to my dad, and he was 38 years old.
Man, and without hearing that voice. Without hearing that, whether its the act ually the physical audible voice of your father or mother, or the voice from God , you dont have any identity. You have no way to function. I think Jesus knew that. I think thats why, when He went through His ministry, touching people a nd healing people, and speaking to people. He never asked them to be anything t hat they werent. He tried to get them to understand who they were. Thats why he said, Youre my daughter, youre my son, youre my brother, youre my sheep . He wanted us to identify with Him and understand that were His creation; th at we're worth something.
Yeah, and thats something amazing about Jesus. He could look down into somebod ys spirit and draw out who they really were. I mean, he looked at Simon and sa id, You know what? Youre not Simon, Youre Peter. Youre a Rock.
And how bout that woman that came up to Him when He was going through that crow d, and she touched His garment, and he turned around and he said, Daughter. H is first word: Daughter.
You know, Jesus got that honestly from His father. Three times when Jesus was u nder immense pressure in his ministry, God the father actually spoke. I mean, s poke audibly, It wasnt inward. Jesus heard it, and the people around Jesus hea rd it. Like at His baptism, God the father said, you are my son, I love you an d Im pleased with you. And then at the transfiguration, the father spoke agai n and the disciples heard it. The father said, You are my son. I have chosen you, and God just established Christs purpose on that mountain. And then, bef ore Christ died at Gethsemane in John 12, Jesus prayed: should I pray to be deli vered from this hour? No. This is why Ive come. Glorify your name father. A nd the father spoke and said, I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again. And I think that promise just drove Christ to the cross.
I think it did too. You may have never heard that voice. That voice that says youre worth it. Youre smart enough. I believe in you. I love you. There ma y be a gaping hole in your spirit where that voice was supposed to speak into, a nd its just a vacuum. Listen, Jesus doesnt require anything of you. You can t work to get His approval. Remember, when he was affirmed by His father, when God looked down and said, This is my son who I love. Jesus hadnt done a sing le miracle. All he asks of you is that you listen.
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